Ja's success more than BPOs
Dear Editor, The Internet can definitely be seen as one of mankind's great inventions. According to an extensive study compiled by the Mckinsey Global Institute, the Internet accounted for 10 per cent...
View ArticleDon't just 'run a money', build Ja's infrastructure
Dear Editor, It's no secret among Jamaicans that some construction contractors who own heavy duty equipment (trucks, tractors, rollers etc) and supply manual labour are known to be in a position of...
View ArticleWhat is Customs doing about the black coil?
Dear Editor, On March 28, 2013, the Jamaica Customs department was given the status of executive agency to fully perform as such effective April 2, 2013. One of its mandates is to protect Jamaica's...
View ArticleThey were fair decisions
Dear Editor, I would like to comment on the Jamaican immigration's decision to deny Radical Muslim leader, Yasin Abu Bakr entry to the country, and also the Government's decision to spend $4 million to...
View ArticleStop Coaster bullies on Molynes Road
Dear Editor, At 7:40 this morning (October 28), as I was travelling along Molynes Road, a bus conductor threw himself under my vehicle. Yes, he pretended to trip and fall under my vehicle. All this was...
View ArticleTake back the award
Dear Editor, Let me first congratulate the Jamaica Observer on a fine piece of journalism in bringing to public attention the disgraceful behaviour of an international athlete and public official (JAAA...
View ArticleDr Sandra Knight is right!
Dear Editor, I am not the head of the National Family Planning Board, particularly because I have never had the requisite qualifications for that or its related fields. I am clueless about formulating...
View ArticleHello... national disgrace calling
Dear Editor, It is bad enough that in the midst of a debt crisis, when the Government has insisted that they have no money to help the poor and dispossessed to survive, the prime minister of Jamaica...
View ArticleJa's burning house of cards
Dear Editor,"Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters." This quote is...
View ArticleAll Muslims must discover the conditions for peace
Dear Editor, While most would agree with your commendation of the Canadian Government's defiance in your editorial of October 28, many, including some Muslims, would question your blanket assertion...
View ArticleTalking at the people's expense
Dear Editor, What is our priority as a nation? How can the Government continue to tell public sector workers to "hold strain" and endure years of wage freeze when it all seems to be going to waste on...
View ArticleBotched rationale for abortions
Dear Editor, Your issue of October 28, 2014 reports the demand for legalised abortions by the head of the National Family Planning Board (NFPB) Dr Sandra Knight. The first rationale provided is that...
View ArticleCHIKV on the brains, Wignall?
Dear Editor, As a Kingston College old boy (Class of 81) I was intrigued by the defence put up by Mark Wignall of the decision by the KC Old Boys' Association president to revert to an all-male annual...
View ArticleThe time has come, KCOBA
Dear Editor, As one with close familial ties to Kingston College and who advocates for the advancement of women's empowerment and gender equality, I note with concern a headline in the Sunday Observer...
View Article'Gov't tek people fi poppyshow'
Dear Editor, The recent phone bill brouhaha should come as no surprise to the Jamaican populace. For, all politicians do in this country is 'tek poor people fi poppyshow'. There is no accountability in...
View ArticleChildren being sexualised too early
Dear Editor, On October 27, 2014 a member of the group Jamaicans United Against Domestic Violence and Child Abuse shared the following article with the group:"A family planning official is encouraging...
View ArticleMinister Lisa alone can't do it
Dear Editor, I read with interest your editorial of Thursday, October 30, 2014 regarding the celebration of Youth Month and the non-acceptance of failure from Minister Lisa Hanna. While I agree...
View ArticleBe on time, stop promising and start doing, Mr Paul Buchanan
Dear Editor: I have been following some of the criticisms levelled at Member of Parliament for West Rural St Andrew, Mr Paul Buchanan, and found most, if not all of them to be true. The recent...
View ArticleYou can't un-bell this cat, Yendi
Dear Editor, Yendi's shallow attempt to hide behind the mask of privacy is futile in light of the fact that she broadcasted her pregnancy and relationship status on Facebook and did an extensive...
View ArticleCan't have it both ways, Yendi!
Dear Editor, Our popular media personality and former Miss Jamaica World and Miss Jamaica Universe is most upset that news about her court custody battle over her child with her ex, dancehall artist...
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